2024-04-09 12:11:06
“Today, at 3 p.m., the police officers brought him to the prison. No, he was not informed, after assessing the risks, the police officers went to his place of residence and delivered him to the Kaunas prison (Mickevičiaus St., Kaunas),” Kaunas district police representative Reda Zarauskienė informed Eltas.
ELTA reminds that last Wednesday the Kaunas District Court sentenced R. Jakščius to a real prison sentence of two and a half years. The verdict entered into force on the same day, but it can still be appealed to the Supreme Court of Lithuania.
The sentence imposed by the Kaunas District Court is more than half a year shorter than the prison sentence imposed by the Kaunas District Court, when the man was sentenced to three years and one month of imprisonment.
On June 9 of last year The Kaunas district court convicted R. Jakšti for 7 acts he was charged with – molestation of persons under the age of sixteen, satisfaction of sexual passion in violation of the freedom of sexual self-determination and inviolability of a minor, minor health impairment and negligent record keeping.
Since the defendant fully confessed to having committed the criminal acts incriminated against him, and the criminal case was examined after an abbreviated examination of the evidence, the district court sentenced him to a combined three-year and one-month prison sentence reduced by one-third.
R. Jakštys appealed this decision to the Kaunas District Court, asking the appellate court to postpone the execution of the prison sentence or to impose a sentence that is not related to the deprivation of liberty.
The Kaunas District Court announced last Wednesday that the prison sentence for R. Jakšči was justified and there is no reason to postpone its execution. However, the appellate court decided to shorten the man’s prison sentence.
“It should be noted that during the hearing of the case in the court of first instance, R. Jakštys fully confessed to having committed the criminal acts incriminated against him, the criminal case was examined after an abbreviated investigation of the evidence, therefore his sentence of 3 years and 9 months of imprisonment should be reduced by one third – he will have to serve 2 years and 6 months a prison sentence,” states the press release of the Kaunas District Court.
As indicated by the Kaunas District Court, the panel of judges noted that R. Jakštis’s risk of committing a crime and committing similar crimes remains, therefore it is the punishment related to deprivation of liberty that will enable the purpose of the punishment to be implemented, that is, it will deter the person from committing criminal acts, fulfill a preventive purpose, and limit his opportunity to commit new criminal acts will influence him to be law abiding in the future and not to reoffend.
In his appeal, R. Jakštys disagreed with the established aggravating circumstance that he committed the criminal acts as a recidivist. The appellate court took into account this part of the defendant’s complaint. The panel of judges did not agree with the aggravating circumstance of R. Jakštės’ responsibility established by the court of first instance, that he committed criminal acts as a recidivist, and therefore removed it.
In the case of R. Jakššto, the civil claims of the victims were previously partially satisfied, the total amount of which is 22 thousand. euros for compensation for non-pecuniary damage. This part of the first instance decision remained unchanged.
The appellate court awarded the representatives of the victims a total of 3121.80 euros in legal costs from the convicted person.
According to the case data, R. Jakštys in the periods from 2021 August until 2021 October and 2021 in the months of December-February 2022, in different apartments and hotels, realizing that the victims were under 16 years of age, he systematically satisfied his sexual passion through oral and other physical contact, thereby violating the freedom of sexual decision and inviolability of the victims.
2024-04-09 12:11:06